My wife and I haven’t had much success growing our own fruits and vegetables since we bought our house a few years ago. There are a ton of trees and we get very little direct sunlight. And since our yard backs up to a pond we have all sorts of animals running around including rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, raccoons, deer, and the occasional fox. As soon as we get some nice ripe tomatoes that are ready to be picked, they disappear. In fact about the only thing we’ve had luck with is some herbs like basil and parsley.
But despite our lack of success we understand the benefits of growing your own fruits and vegetables. If you don’t already have your own backyard garden, here are 4 benefits of gardening that should convince you to get started.
1. You can save money on groceries. For the price of a few small tomato plants you can have all the tomatoes you’ll need through the entire summer. And the same goes for green beans, squash, and whatever else you want to grow.
2. Fresh is best. Forget about sifting through piles of fruit that have been sitting around for a week or more and are no longer ripe. There’s no substitute for freshly picked foods delivered right from your garden to the dinner table.
3. When you grow your own, you know what’s in it. No unwanted pesticides, fertilizers, or contaminants in your food.
4. You’ll get off your butt and get some exercise. Gardening isn’t like running a marathon, but it does require a little elbow grease. A little fresh air and exercise could do you some good!
So what are you waiting for? Grab some seeds or plants and start enjoying the benefits of gardening!
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nice article
I haven’t started a garden for food yet, but with my flowers and Crepe Myrtle, there’s also a sense of accomplishment when they bloom. Like I helped.
I though now I have a house it would be Easier to grow vegetables but to be honest I had more luck when I was living in an appartment and growing fruit and veg on the balcony. Basically because I worked on it more because it was right there but now i’m it’s out the back I do less work on it.
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Your house sounds like mine! Our veggies never make it onto our plates with all the wild life aournd. But I still keep up the fight. My watermelon is like a little child that i’m nurturing and I l keep checking to watch it get bigger!
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If you garden, you have to have a fence; i wouldn’t try it without one.
I enjoyed plenty of lettuce this spring and am now freezing tons of raspberries and eating zucchini and stringbeans.
Waiting for he tomatoes to ripen and at summer’s end will have some nice fat spaghetti squash and potatoes.
This season I tried keeping some hanging strawberry plants and they turned out great. I’ve also seen hanging blueberry. In the past, I have had good luck with cucumber plants as well.
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I plan to grow my own money plant which gives fresh currency every day. Just kidding…… Nice article, it makes sense. Thanks
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